Hair curler



Patented Feb. 18, A1947 HAIR CURLER Allan A. Norin and Frank D. Reynolds, Chicago,

Ill., assignors to Gaylord Products, Incorporated, a corporation of Delaware Application November 24, 1944, Serial No. 564,927

1 Claim.

This invention relates to hair curlers and has for an object the provision of a hair curler which is relatively simple in operation, inexpensive to manufacture, and which will not readily get out of order.

Another object of this invention is to provide a curler of this type embodying resilient means for resisting relative axial movement of the rotatable member and a hair conning member.

A further object of this invention is to provide resilient means for yieldably resisting relative step-by-step rotational movement of the rotatable member and the hair coniining arm.

It is a further object of this invention to provide a curler of this type in which the rotatable member may be inexpensively molded of thermoplastic material, or blanked and formed of thin sheet metal.

This invention further contemplates the provision of a curler which will not readily become entangled within the hair being curled.

This inventionpembodies other novel features, details of construction and arrangement of parts which are hereinafter set forth in the specification and claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing wherein:

Fig. 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view showing a hair curler embodying features of this invention. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 2-2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view taken along the line 3-3 of Fig. l. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary elevational view showing the inner end of the hair curler.

Referring now to the drawing for a better understanding of this invention, the hair curler is shown as comprising a rotatable member 36 which may readily be blanked and formed of relatively thin sheet metal to provide a pair of hair engaging lingers 31 and 38 connected at their inner ends by a connecting portion 39. A knurled knob 4I is mounted on the rotatable member 36 and secured thereto by means of a plurality of ears 42 pressed out ofthe connecting portion 39 for tight engagement against the Wall of an inwardly converging recess 43. formed in the end of the knob.

A hair confining arm 444, is provided with a collar 46 having a bearing surface 41 to receive the rotatable member 36. A plurality of axially extending grooves 45 are formed in the bearing surface 41 for engagement by the free end 48 of a resilient detent 49 formed on the hair engaging finger 31. An annular groove 5l is formed in the bearing surface 41 of the collar 46 to receive the free end 52 of a resilient latch 53 formed on the finger 38. It will thus be seen that the detent 49 slidably resists step-by-step rotational movement of the rotatable member 3.6, and that the resiilent latch 53 serves to yieldably resist relative axial movement of the member 36 and the arm 444.

A pair of ears 54 are formed on the nger 33 for engagement against the inner wall of the finger 31 for the purpose of maintaining said ngers in alignment and also serving as abutments to limit the inward movement of the hair to be curled.

A spring member 56Jprovided with a pair of rearwardly extending hair clamping arms 51 and 58 is disposed within the rotatable member 36 :for engagement against the inner Walls of the fingers 31 and 311,` respectively. A helical portion 59 is formed on the end of the arm 51 for tight engagement against the inner wall of the member 36.

In the operation of the hair curler 'shown and described, the end of a lock of hair is engaged between the fingers 31 and 38 by means of the hair clamping arms 51 and 58. The rotatable member 36 is then rotated to wind the hair` around the fingers 51 and 58 until the hair curler is disposed in tight engagement against the head, after which the -hair confining arm 44 may be pivoted against the head to prevent uncurling movement. If desired, a bobby pin may be employed to straddle the walls of one of the fingers 51 or 58 for engagement with the curl, after which the curler may be displaced axially to leave the bobby pin in hair clamping engagement on the curl.

While this invention has been shown in but one form, it is obvious to those skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible of various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the claimed in vention.

We claim as our invention:

A hair curler comprising a thin wall member forming a pair of hair engaging fingers, a hair for yieldably resisting relative rotational movel0 ment of said member and arm.

` ALLAN A. NORIN.

FRANK D. REYNOLDS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patenti UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 2,077,198 Anderson Apr. 13, 1937 2,110,372 Unwin Mar. 8, 1938 2,288,446 Gemerchak June 30, 1942 2,073,815 Solomon Mar. 16, 1937 2,247,240 Klein June 24, 1941 2,300,637 Wallace Nov. 3, 1942 

